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May 2015

49 posts

Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear Ingress Editions

Another bargain for GNC readers in North America and Europe. There's 25% off the Ingress editions of Sennheiser's Momentum On-Ear headphones with the checkout code IngressPromo2015. Using UK prices, the 1st gen Momentums were originally £170 and are currently on sale at £130. A further 25% brings them down to only £97.49, which is a veritable bargain for headphones of this

Motorola Spring Special Offers in UK

Looking for a new smartphone or smart watch in the UK and fancy a Moto X, Nexus 6 or Moto 360? Motorola is having a two day Spring sale starting at midnight tonight, Sunday, (00:01 18 May) and running through to midnight on Tuesday night. For the Moto X smartphone, save £96 on 16 GB and 32 GB handsets, with

Honor Buddy Authentication Closed After WoW Ban

Blizzard Entertainment, creator of World of Warcraft, recently banned more than 100,000 World of Warcraft accounts because of “botting”. As a result, the maker of a bot called Honorbuddy has decided to close Honorbuddy Authentication. This decision means that people who were using the Honorbuddy bot will no longer be able to do so. Honorbuddy is a bot. Some World

Reddit Announces New Anti-Harassment Policy

In the wake of concerns regarding abuse and harassment on social networking site Reddit, the company has adopted a new anti-harassment policy with stricter rules and consequences for abusive activity. A survey of 15,000 Reddit users in April found that negative and offensive content is the number one reason why users avoid the site and encourage their friends to do the same. In

Banned WoW Player Posts Petition on WhiteHouse.Gov

It is not unheard of for players who have been banned from playing a video game, due to their own bad actions, to get online and complain about it. Blizzard Entertainment, maker of World of Warcraft (WoW) recently banned players who were using bots. One of those players felt the need to post a petition at WhiteHouse.gov about it. It

GNC #1031 Who do you Trust?

It seems the younger generations are much more trusting of companies with their digital data, as compared to those 50+. Maybe as we get older we get more cynical, thus less trustworthy. I have a mission for you on today's show I hope you will help me out. Also seriously consider becoming an insider today. Become a GNC Insider Today!:

New GoDaddy Customers

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Is Your Facebook Feed an Echo Chamber?

Facebook recently did some research in order to discover exactly how much individuals could be, and are, exposed to ideologically diverse news and information in social media. People are increasingly turning to social media for news. Is it your selection of friends, or Facebook's algorithms, that have the most influence on what you see in your News Feed? The Facebook

Setting Up A Projector Room

Over the years I’ve spent a fair amount of money on different types of electronics. Back in the 1980’s much of that money was spent on a never-ending succession of high fidelity amplifiers and speakers. I still have most of that equipment and it still functions quite well to this day. In the 1990’s my purchasing patterns shifted to a

Satechi’s USB Charging Station Powers 7 Devices at Once

Satechi has a 7-port USB Charging Station Dock that is available now. It is a compact 7.4 x 5.5 inches and is designed to reduce clutter and to avoid taking over valuable desk space. It can charge multiple devices at once without causing a mess of wires. The Charging Station Dock has a total of 7 USB ports. Four of

Uncanny Valley Fever

For the past few years we’ve been periodically hearing about autonomous vehicles; both cars and trucks. Most of the stories have been positive, yet vague on when we might actually see them. The nebulous “10 year” catch phrase always seems to make it’s way into these stories. Most of the stories about the Google self-driving car seem to have been

GNC #1030 Would you give up your Car?

I talk about the coming evolution of cars driving us to work, would you be willing to give up you car and sharing resources to maximize vehicles and their utilization and the upcoming death of long haul truck drivers. Plus all the tech news you can handle, on the most tech savvy show you will listen to on the net

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